The Ant and the Dove
An ant leaned too far over a stream to drink and tumbled in. A dove watching from a branch dropped a leaf onto the water, and the ant scrambled aboard and floated safely to shore.
Later, a hunter crept up to trap the dove. The little ant stung him hard on the heel — he yelped, the trap clattered, and the dove flew free.
Moral: One good turn deserves another.
An Ant went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, and being carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point of drowning. A Dove sitting on a tree overhanging the water plucked a leaf and let it fall into the stream close to her. The Ant climbed onto it and floated in safety to the bank. Shortly afterwards a birdcatcher came and stood under the tree, and laid his lime-twigs for the Dove, which sat in the branches. The Ant, perceiving his design, stung him in the foot. In pain the birdcatcher threw down the twigs, and the noise made the Dove take wing.
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